Principal's Log

Thursday, 14 June 2018 - 2:36pm

It was a delight to finish last week being entertained by our musicians who moved us between drifting whimsically to toe tapping to rocking at the Ensemble’s Concert at the Kawana Community Centre. The quality of string, brass, wind and percussion performances in both classical and contemporary styles showcased the talent of our musicians. There has been great growth in the program and we congratulate our musicians and tutors for their passion and commitment. We particularly thank Mrs Aleisha Tuaine, Mr Adrian King, Mrs Helen Williams and Mr Steven Lake for their leadership of our program. Thank you to Masters of Ceremonies Ryan Smart and Mikaela Swan who kept the night flowing with a mixture of humour and trivia and yes, we did enjoy the jokes!

Over the weekend our Year 6-8 robotics team performed extremely well against middle and senior school students from other Sunshine Coast schools in the Sunshine Coast Robotics Competition in the sumo division of the competition. Adjusting their robotic devices throughout the day to take on the “sumo wrestlers” from other schools, Varsh Surapaneni (Year 8), Noah Taverner (Year 8) and Joshua Lusk (Year 6) defeated much older teams to finish in third place to two senior teams. This was an outstanding effort and we congratulate the boys and Mrs Janine Stone on this achievement.

In a winning week our U13 Rugby boys acquitted themselves very well to win their grand-final. After a tightly contested first half which saw the teams tied at half time, the boys kept their composure and played well as a team to score a number of well constructed tries to win 29 – 14. Parents and staff have been delighted in the growth of the boy’s skills, teamwork and game awareness over the season. We congratulate the boys and coaches Mr Scott Crompton and Mr Jordan MacLeod on an outstanding season!

As we engage in the last quarter of this term it is important that we continue to make good use of learning time at home and at school. The final two weeks of this term are important learning times where good habits and commitment to learning need to be maintained at home and at school. It is sobering to think that casualness in the last two weeks in each term adds up to 8 weeks which is almost a term in itself. Finishing well is an important life habit to develop and maintain. Keeping routines to the end of term helps to reinforce this approach.

We thank God for the staff, parents and past students who give up their time to provide a rich breadth, depth and quality of opportunity for young people to flourish within the College.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal

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